Federal Grant Award Summary

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the South Dakota Humanities Council $435,962 under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2031. This five-year Project Grant provides general operating support to enable the South Dakota Humanities Council to develop and deliver public humanities programming tailored to the state's geographic and cultural contexts.

Through this funding, the South Dakota Humanities Council will provide humanities exhibitions, lectures, educational outreach activities, and community engagement programming across South Dakota. As the state's primary partner for the NEH, the organization utilizes grant funds to support educational initiatives, cultural awareness projects, and grants to local cultural institutions throughout the state, thereby advancing the NEH's strategic objectives of enhancing knowledge and understanding of the humanities while increasing public awareness of and support for humanities-focused activities at the local and statewide levels.